Category: Rant

To be honest, it made me want to go back in the kitchen and cook each course properly so that the chef and the proprietor could taste the difference. I can’t help it, I have a Gordon Ramsey complex. “Have you $@#%ing TASTED it???”

“A bottle of Chablis, hey now, that ain’t no stuff for me Chateau Timberley, as long as I can’t see Gallo or Muscatel, either one would be just swell I didn’t come here to fight, hey just as long as that ain’t white” -The Replacements, Red Red Wine There is an old adage that one should never cook with a wine that one would not drink. If one were to repeat this adage, one would […]

This isn’t going to be another one of those tired old articles about how to not suffer too much during Lent. In fact, if you are a believer who devoutly gives up meat for the horrors of something like shrimp or sushi, you should probably stop reading right now and go get yourself some *&#%ing tilapia.

I see this relentless need to beat a dead horse as posturing and turf battles between bloggers who see themselves as citizen journalists, giving their opinions to those yearning for knowledge and entertainment, and writers, whose livelihood is threatened by the “insurgent” bloggers.

It doesn’t just apply when you’re promoting wine. Think of an e-mail like a knock on the door. The person on the other side may open the door just to see who it is, but she’s more apt to talk with you, and let you give your pitch if you at least appear to be interested in her, the person.

Are you influenced by wine rating systems? Will you avoid buying a wine that scores below a certain number? Because, if you’re like me, there are probably a number of wines you’ve really enjoyed when you had no idea how they were ranked.

Baptism by the grape can truly be considered a religious experience to even the most unsuspecting wine drinker. When the palate is introduced to the right varietal at that pivotal moment, whether it was accompanied by a meal or not, the flavors hit all of the important sensory points and you just want to throw your hands in the air and shout “hallelujah!” Ok maybe it is not that dramatic but you get the picture.

“Money makes the world go around The world go around The world go around Money makes the world go around It makes the world go ’round. A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound A buck or a pound A buck or a pound Is all that makes the world go around, That clinking clanking sound Can make the world go ’round.” – Money, Money from Cabaret We have a running debate here at […]

Many years ago my mother wanted to see Bob Seger when he was in town. While I liked his old stuff, I had never been much of a fan of anything from about Night Moves on. But mom wanted to go, and one of my friends wanted to see him too, so we all got tickets and went to the show. When it was over and the lights came up my mother happily asked, “Wasnt […]